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Wawrinka, 39, beats Andy Murray, 37, at the French Open; Alcaraz and Osaka winMay 26, 2024 6:01 pm - PARIS — After Stan Wawrinka ended Andy Murray's stay at the French Open yet again — and this time, it was perhaps Murray's last singles appearance at Roland Garros — the ...
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‘A trail of debris’: At least 15 dead after severe weather carves path across the SouthMay 26, 2024 5:23 pm - VALLEY VIEW, Texas — Powerful storms killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obl...
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Rare blue-eyed cicada spotted at Morton ArboretumMay 26, 2024 3:52 pm - It was late morning when The Morton Arboretum's Senior Horticulturist Kate Myroup arrived at the Children’s Garden with a special guest: a rare, blue-eyed female Magicica...
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‘Furiosa,’ ‘Garfield’ lead slowest Memorial Day box office in decadesMay 26, 2024 11:30 am - Movie theaters are looking more and more like a wasteland this summer. Neither “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” nor “The Garfield Movie” could save Memorial Day weekend, which is cruising toward a two-decade low.
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5 things to know about Memorial Day, including its evolution and controversiesMay 26, 2024 5:30 am - NORFOLK, Va. — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weeken...
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J.Lo heads to a new galaxy for AI love story in ‘Atlas’May 24, 2024 10:26 am - Let’s all be clear that when it comes to Jennifer Lopez, it's about the love story. And so if we tell you that now, we have J.Lo in “Atlas,” playing a data analyst who travels to a planet populated solely by evil AI bots preparing to extinguish humanity, well, your only question really should be, “Where’s the love story?”
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Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53May 24, 2024 9:56 am - Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar-nominee who made food and American diets his life’s work, famously eating only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53.
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With a new War Rig and a fleet of motorbikes, ‘Furiosa’ restarts the motorized mayhem of ‘Mad Max’May 24, 2024 7:55 am - When it was time to start making “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” production designer Colin Gibson went to a garage in Australia to find some old friends.
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Use of Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs soars among kids and young adultsMay 24, 2024 6:00 am - Even as millions of older adults clamor for drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, monthly use of the medications soared in people aged 12 to 25.
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Long-term mortgage rates ease for third straight week, dipping to just below 7%May 23, 2024 8:16 pm - The average rate on a 30-year mortgage dipped this week to just below 7% for the first time since mid April, a modest boost for home shoppers navigating a housing market dampened by rising prices and relatively few available properties.